OK - everyone has already told you about costs - and you are right to say, I’m going to med school so I don’t want to go in debt. So you need to rearrange your list:
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Add a Maryland public - UMD is the obvious but if that’s not your flavor you have UMBC, Towson, St. Mary’s for small, Salisbury, etc.
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You need to add schools that will go heavy merit with your stats - FSU was mentioned, Alabama, Arizona, ASU to a lesser extent (Honors at both), U of South Carolina (and Honors), Arkansas, MS State, Miami of Ohio, etc.
As for your schools, i’ll say:
Your safeties, including Pitt, are safeties. Elon gives little aid as does Wisconsin. Pitt gives good aid only if you are an underrepresented minority.
Match - NC State and Syracuse - both not easy - but both are safeties for you. Syracuse will be $50K even with a scholarship - so take it off. Wake and BC should be considered reaches but you have a decent shot to both.
Reach - I agree.
Your list is great - unfortunately it’s not affordable. Tons of smart kids go to big publics and then use the Honors College as a way to “shrink” the school. Then you have a great school like FAU which has the Wilkes college, a separate campus from the biggies.
If you want to go to a private school like a BC or SU, you need to find one where you stand above the crowd so they’ll pay. Or one that offers a full tuition deal like SMU or Washington & Lee (Johnson). But run the NPC on Bradley - they love to have kids like you. Also, a lot of smaller privates, like Hendrix, will match your in-state tuition cost.
Just remember, your schedule, GPA and MCAT matter far more than where you go.
Good luck.